tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post5389867183913933582..comments2024-03-27T11:21:40.742+04:00Comments on Muscat Confidential: Minister of Tourism Extends Her House onto Oil Company land?Undercover Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10577931944980469254noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-29756031790122480702008-03-24T15:59:00.000+04:002008-03-24T15:59:00.000+04:00Suburban - until last year, the going rate for lan...Suburban - until last year, the going rate for land when you get it from the government was RO. 1 per square meter regardless whether it was in a premium location like Madinat Al A3lam or in bum f#@% nowhere like the end of Madinat Al Nahdha which is closer to Ibra than it is to Muscat.<BR/><BR/>It's only this year that the Ministry of Housing has adopted some sort of mechanism for appraising the value of property when allocating it to citizens.muscatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955758251080080159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-63779103733570605922008-03-24T15:24:00.000+04:002008-03-24T15:24:00.000+04:00I drove past there yesterday. Had a look. I wish t...I drove past there yesterday. Had a look. <BR/><BR/>I wish the MOG and PDO would give me an adjacent parcel of 600+ SQ meters of government land in the choicest real estate in town. <BR/><BR/>At today's prices I guess that land would be worth about a million bucks? <BR/><BR/>Of course I trust that she paid the going rate for for land at the time to the shareholders in PDO, or to the government?Suburbanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05722800832006632216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-83686263273375095222008-03-24T09:09:00.000+04:002008-03-24T09:09:00.000+04:00Ali,Glad for that. What are you studying all the w...Ali,<BR/>Glad for that. <BR/>What are you studying all the way on the other side of the planet?Undercover Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577931944980469254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-54568124658125315902008-03-24T08:52:00.000+04:002008-03-24T08:52:00.000+04:00Haha Dragon you crack me up man.Haha Dragon you crack me up man.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02179410309244339031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-37535961286132273502008-03-19T20:50:00.000+04:002008-03-19T20:50:00.000+04:00Thanks Muscati.I know the house has been there pro...Thanks Muscati.<BR/><BR/>I know the house has been there prob a lot longer than 10 years, its the <I>new </I>land that the house is being extended onto that she got 10 years ago, almost certainly for free. <BR/><BR/>PDO staff are, I agree, lucky to live there. I sure wish I did. They aren't all stuck up. Most of the ones I know work seem to damn hard trying to get as much oil out of the ground as they can. If it wasn't for them...Undercover Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577931944980469254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-74821318329249237652008-03-19T19:40:00.000+04:002008-03-19T19:40:00.000+04:00Before she was a minister, and before she was even...Before she was a minister, and before she was even an undersecretary... Her Excellency's husband is himself a wealthy man being the main partner in Fairtrade, one of the largest FMCG distributors in Oman, and Genetco, the agents for brands like Canon, Sanyo and Yamaha in Oman. <BR/><BR/>I'd assume the land and the house are actually his, and they in fact probably own them for much more than 10 years. Probably since land was first distributed in Qurm way back in the 1970's.<BR/><BR/>I absolutely abhor the fact that PDO's houses are still on that hill on that ultra valuable land. PDO staff, especially the expats, are stuck up enough without living on the best piece of land in Oman.muscatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955758251080080159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-43194098104490033512008-03-19T16:24:00.000+04:002008-03-19T16:24:00.000+04:00Man, how do I get to be a Minister...Man, how do I get to be a Minister...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com